Team

PhD students

• Jiaqi Yu (University of York) – spectral rendering and lighting reproduction.

• Tom Gillooly (NTNU; Marie Skłodowska-Curie ApPEARS doctoral network) – appearance simulation of 3D-printed objects.

• Tom Wells (University of York; IGGI Centre for Doctoral Training) – perception of rendered facial appearance.

• Xiaolin Ma (University of York; co-supervised) – perception-grounded affective lighting generation.

Alumni

• Dr Rapee Wanaset – PhD, University of York, 2026, co-supervised with William Smith: neural shape from polarisation.

• Dr Tao Chen – Research Associate, University of York (BBSRC project From Spectra to Colour).

• Dr Fereshteh Mirjalili – Postdoctoral researcher, NTNU, 2020–2023 (SPECTRASKIN).